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Major moments to watch in Thailand
News, Published on 02/01/2026
» As the nation steps into the New Year, the 'Bangkok Post' highlights several events that will define the months ahead.
Mushrooms make their presence felt
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 16/10/2022
» The most exciting news of the week is that mushrooms were found growing on a seat of an active Bangkok bus. In addition to carrying passengers on the No 82 route from Phra Pradaeng to Phahurat, the bus featured a battered seat covered in newly sprouted mushrooms. Alas, the seat has now been replaced by spoilsport officials following complaints from passengers unimpressed by sitting next to a seat covered in fast-growing fungi.
Prem wants his estate left to poor, says Wissanu
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 28/05/2019
» The late statesman Gen Prem Tinsulanonda indicated that he wanted to leave his fortune to the poor, according to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.
End of a sorry saga for mushroom pickers
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/05/2019
» The best news of the week is that the mushroom-picking couple have been released from jail following a royal pardon by His Majesty the King. It is a most pleasant surprise and hopefully puts an end to a grim nine-year saga that reeked of social injustice from the very first time it surfaced back in 2010.
Rousing send-off for late monk
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/01/2019
» Police in Nong Khai have put in place security and traffic management plans to ensure public safety and facilitate traffic for people attending a ceremony to scatter the ashes of revered monk Luang Phor Koon Parisutho in the Mekong River next week.
Foxes' manager, players attend Vichai's funeral
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/11/2018
» Many members of Leicester City football club, including management, staff, coaches and players attended the funeral of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, owner of the club and the duty-free King Power empire, at Wat Debsirindrawas on Sunday.
Vichai's body arrives back on home soil
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/11/2018
» The body of King Power and Leicester City Football Club chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was brought home to Thailand yesterday for a royally sponsored funeral ceremony.
King Power and Leicester FC boss Vichai gets royal rites
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/11/2018
» His Majesty the King has provided funeral water and bestowed an octagonal funerary urn for a royally sponsored funeral rite for King Power International Group chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in a helicopter crash last Saturday, according to the company.
An AI wake-up call from Pandora of ancient Greece
News, Adrienne Mayor, Published on 18/10/2018
» In discussions about the implications of artificial intelligence (AI), someone almost always evokes the ancient Greek myth of Pandora's box. In the modern fairytale version of the story, Pandora is depicted as a tragically curious young woman who opens a sealed urn and inadvertently releases eternal misery on humankind. Like the genie that has escaped the bottle, the horse that has fled the barn, and the train that has left the station, the myth has become a cliché.
Recalling the Royal Cremation
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 14/10/2018
» Saturday marked the second anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's passing away. Apart of love and lingering sadness among Thais, what remains vivid in the collective memory is the image of the Royal Crematorium used for the Royal Cremation.